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Famous Jews: Part 2 Trivia Quiz

This is the second installment in my Famous Jews series. I hope you like it! (all information can be found at jewhoo.com)

A multiple-choice quiz by tumblre. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
tumblre

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
142,837

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
655

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Question 1 of 10

1. The co-inventor of which vaccine was Jewish? Hint

Polio

Hepatitis B

Smallpox

Chickenpox

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which member of the band All Saints, which broke up in 2001, was not even slightly Jewish? Hint

Shaznay

Nicole

Natalie

Melanie

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which physicist, possibly the most well known in the world, was Jewish?

Answer: ( Two words, or just surname)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which member of the 1984 Men's Gymnastics team from the USA, was Jewish? Hint

Jim Hartung

Peter Vidmar

Mitch Gaylord

Tim Daggett

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which famous author, known for her bestselling novels narrated by teens, and also her bestsellers for adults, was Jewish?

Answer: ( Two words, or just surname ... hint: "Wifey")

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Question 6 of 10

6. Batman was actually a Jew in the cartoon. So was his sidekick, Robin. What was Robin's Jewish name? Hint

Robinsky

Rubin

Reuven

Robin

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which clown on "The Simpsons" is Jewish? Hint

Sideshow Bob

None of them

Sideshow Mel

Krusty

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which actress from the movie "Cruel Intentions" is Jewish?

Answer: ( Two words, or just surname)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which former Jewish Nickelodeon star, subsequently co-starred in a Friday night sitcom on the Warner Brothers channel?

Answer: ( Two words, or just surname)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which mutant in the X-Men movies/cartoons, is Jewish? Hint

Magneto

Rogue

Storm

Professor Xavier

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The co-inventor of which vaccine was Jewish?

Answer: Hepatitis B

Baruch Blumberg, born in 1923, helped create the vaccine for Hepatitis B. He shared the Nobel Prize in 1976 with D. Carleton Gajdusek .

2. Which member of the band All Saints, which broke up in 2001, was not even slightly Jewish?

Answer: Shaznay

Nicole and Natalie are sisters.

3. Which physicist, possibly the most well known in the world, was Jewish?

Answer: Albert Einstein

Einstein was offered Presidency of the State of Israel in 1952, but declined the offer. He died 3 years later.

4. Which member of the 1984 Men's Gymnastics team from the USA, was Jewish?

Answer: Mitch Gaylord

Mitch Gaylord invented two skills on the high bar. The first one, he actually got the idea from a dream he had. He was also the first male US gymnast to score a perfect 10.

5. Which famous author, known for her bestselling novels narrated by teens, and also her bestsellers for adults, was Jewish?

Answer: Judy Blume

Judy Blume was born in 1938. Her maiden name is Sussman.

6. Batman was actually a Jew in the cartoon. So was his sidekick, Robin. What was Robin's Jewish name?

Answer: Reuven

Batman's Jewish name is Baruch Wayniski.

7. Which clown on "The Simpsons" is Jewish?

Answer: Krusty

Krusty's father is Rabbi Hyman Krustofski, Rabbi of Temple Beth Springfield.

8. Which actress from the movie "Cruel Intentions" is Jewish?

Answer: Selma Blair

Selma Blair was also in the "Legally Blonde" movies, as Elle's enemy, and later on became her best friend.

9. Which former Jewish Nickelodeon star, subsequently co-starred in a Friday night sitcom on the Warner Brothers channel?

Answer: Amanda Bynes

Amanda Bynes started her career on the Nickelodeon skit show "All That". She was funny enough to land her own show called "The Amanda Show". She then co-starred with Jennie Garth in the Warner Brothers progam, "What I Like About You".

10. Which mutant in the X-Men movies/cartoons, is Jewish?

Answer: Magneto

In the beginning of the first "X-Men" movie, we see Magneto as a teenage boy in the Warsaw ghetto. His parents are being taken to a concentration camp, but he is left in the ghetto. The guards hold him back, but he manages to warp the metal gates. See www.mckellen.com/epost/x000905.htm: "You may have noticed that his father wears the yellow triangle at the death camp." and also www.crankycritic.com/archive00/xmen/xmagneto.html

Source: Author tumblre

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